Bill Text: NY S04265 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to agriculture [S04265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04265-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4265
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  aggra-
         vated cruelty to animals
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  353-a  of  the  agriculture  and
    2  markets  law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when,  with  no
    5  justifiable  purpose,  he  or  she  intentionally kills or intentionally
    6  causes [serious] physical injury to a companion animal  with  aggravated
    7  cruelty.   For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean
    8  conduct which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or  (ii)
    9  is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09753-01-5